You Tube application instruction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnVeYKANSpk
Application Instructions
http://www.apivar.co.nz/application.htm
You Tube application instruction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnVeYKANSpk
Apivar®
- Kills up to 99% of mites in one application
- Continuously released in the colony over a six-week period, ensuring healthy and productive hives
- Proven safe and effective for more than 15 years
- Leaves no significant residues in hive products
- Convenient and easy to use
The manufacturing process used to produce these strips guarantees that just the right amount of active miticide, Amitraz, is released when and where it is needed. Slow-release Apivar treatment contains just the right amount of product to eliminate varroa mites without any risk of toxicity for the bees or any danger of residues accumulating in hive products. The active substance is released simply when the bees come into contact with the strip.
Apivar® Dramatically Cuts Mite Population
A study conducted by the research arm of the USDA in the spring of 2012 shows that Apivar® was responsible for a 52 – fold drop in mite population compared to an untreated hive. This demonstrates the effectiveness of Apivar’s® controlled – release technology.
Apivar Strips Save Time and Effort
Apivar® is packaged in vacuum-sealed foil pouches. A single application of two strips per brood chamber is sufficient to treat a hive, so you spend less time and effort treating your bees, and there is less disruption of the bees than with many other treatments. Strips are not individually wrapped and must be used within 2 weeks after opening.
of colonies |
weeks of treatment (mite fall during a 3 day observation) |
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| Untreated hives | ||
| Apivar® (two strips per brood chamber) |
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| Positive control (0.77% amitraz grease patty) |